Year 7 Curriculum Guide

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  Hockey
  

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  Rugby
  

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  Gym
  

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  Health related fitness
  

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  Basketball
  

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  Dance
  

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  Encourage your child to attend lunch time practices – information for which is on their tutor notice board
  
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  Check your child’s PE timetable in their planner to ensure they have the correct kit for the different lessons
  
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  Encourage your child to watch high level sport on TV and ask them to give some feedback on the game - especially if it is specific to the sport they are currently participating in
  
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  Discuss with your child the basic rules of the sport they are taking part in
  
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  Encourage your child to take part in regular exercise
  
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  Encourage your child to eat a healthy and well balanced diet
  
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  Regularly ask your child what they did in the lesson and ask them to give you a rule that they learnt or a skill they can show you
  
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  Encourage your child to get involved in the inter-house competitions
  
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  Encourage your child to get involved in the Gym and Dance Display
  
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  Ensure you child checks the fixtures team sheets
  
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  Come and watch the games after school
  
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  Ensure your child uses the valuables bag in PE lessons
  
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  Ensure all kit is named
  
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  Ensure all excuse notes are written in planners and signed
  
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  Ask your child if they know what level they are on and what they need to do to reach the next
  
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  Encourage your child to read the user friendly levels descriptors that are displayed in the gym for all sports
  

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  Netball
  

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  Football
  

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  Gym
  

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  Health related fitness
  

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  Basketball
  

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  Dance
  

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  Tennis
  

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  Cricket
  

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  Athletics
  

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  Rounders
  

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  Dance
  

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  Students discuss the reasons people give for believing in God
  
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  Students identify three key words: atheist, agnostic and theist
  

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  Monitor your child’s homework using homework sheets that are in the front of exercise books.
  
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  Monitor your child’s exercise book and check that they have made the corrections identified by the teacher.
  
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  Regularly ask your child what they learnt in their lessons and encourage discussion of key concepts.
  
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  Encourage your child to use a dictionary when completing homework.
  
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  Encourage your child to be aware of events in the news, that link to religion and the issues that are raised.
  

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  Students explore key beliefs about the Jewish and Christian concept of God
  
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  Students discuss similarities and differences between the two religions
  

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  Students explore key Buddhist teachings and practices.
  

Student introduction to laboratory equipment

Working safely with acids & alkalis

Taking accurate measurements

Separating sand & salt

Cells and tissues

Microscopes

Plant and animal cells

Levels of organisation

Diffusion

Osmosis

Solids, liquids and gases

Changing states

Separating techniques

Energy

Energy efficiency

Renewable energy

Sustainable living

National grid

Reproduction

Fertilisation

Pregnancy

Birth

Life cycle

Feeding relationships

Food chains

Food webs

Pyramids of numbers

Solar system

The sun

Natural satellites

Orbits

Eclipses

Microbes

Vaccinations

Antibiotics

Dinosaur Project

Extinction theories

Fossils

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  Encourage, practice of measuring length, weight, volume using kitchen equipment and tape measures, rulers
  
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  Make models of solid, liquid & gas particles. Think about the physical changes that occur with water
  
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  Visit the Natural History museum, Science museum, Planetarium
  
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  Set up a wormery, or devise a habitat for woodlice & investigate what type of habitat they prefer.
  
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  Relevant TV programmes
  
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  Encouraging students to discuss current thinking on effects of pollution and renewable energy resources
  
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  Discuss at mealtimes what food groups are being eaten, what they do for us, how we keep food safe, what’s the difference between organic and non-organic.
  
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  Help students with key terms
  
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  Discuss roles of various people in hospitals
  
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  Childhood illnesses - compare those that you, the parent had with those the student had. Why are there any differences?
  
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  Science museum visit to see the history of medicine
  
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  Encourage healthy eating/exercise
  
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  Planetarium
  
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  Look around the house and decide if objects are metal and if so why? This relates to properties of metals.
  
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  What science in the future will be doing
  
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  Watch Bang goes the theory-BBC
  
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  Learning skeletal structure
  
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  Current affairs
  
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  Generally most parents can encourage discussion & awareness of science through watching the myriad of TV programmes with their children
  
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  Visiting the various museums that are in London, Oxford and the river & rowing in Henley
  

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  Human Right Issues
  

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  Role and impact of the Government.
  

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  consider how democracy, justice, diversity, toleration, respect and freedom are valued by people with different beliefs, backgrounds and traditions within a changing democratic society.
  
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  explore different kinds of rights and obligations and how these affect both individuals and communities.
  
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  political, legal and human rights, and responsibilities of citizens
  
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  express and explain their own opinions to others through discussions, formal debates and voting.
  
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  communicate an argument, taking account of different viewpoints and drawing on what they have learnt through research, action and debate.
  
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  justify their argument, giving reasons to try to persuade others to think again, change or support them.
  
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  use negotiation, teamwork, and communication skills to broaden knowledge of their human rights and equality.
  
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  understand what is a government? Why do Governments exist? Assess if laws important?
  

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  Smoking – impact and effect on lungs.
  
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  Balanced Diet through healthy eating.
  
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  Exercise and health related benefits.
  

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  identify ways to keep healthy and what influences health choices
  
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  recognise and manage risk and make safer choices about healthier lifestyles
  
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  suggest how smoking might damage the lungs and this can be extended to different levels for different levels of learner
  
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  identify the factors that influence their health including the impact that the media has on young people.
  
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  explain the importance and benefits of exercise.
  
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  Explore what is meant by a balanced diet
  
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  assess the relative healthiness of their own diet
  

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  Global Trade
  
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  Fair Trade
  
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  World resources
  
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  Commodities
  
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  Stages of Production
  

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  understand why countries trade goods and that goods are bought and sold.
  
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  understand the different stages of production from raw material to finished product.
  
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  considering the interconnections between the UK and the rest of Europe and the wider world.
  
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  analyse the impact of their actions on communities and the wider world, now and in the future.
  
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  the UK’s relations with the European Union and the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations and the world as a global community explain the idea of terms of trade
  
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  explain the impact of terms of trade on food producers in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)
  
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  describe the aims of fair trade.
  
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  describe how inequality of resources affects the ability to trade
  

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  “A Dream Lifestyle”- putting the reality of life into perspective
  
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  Introduction to a variety of different jobs
  
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  Can you afford your dream lifestyle?
  
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  Budgeting
  
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  Students start exploring the concept of skills. Students start to identify their own transferable skills
  
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  Students complete a “Letter to Myself” as an action plan of their interests, aspirations and future career ideas
  
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  Students play “The Spin Game” and review the “What Do I Know?” questionnaire
  

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  explore their future by deciding the lifestyle they wish to lead (accommodation, transport and leisure items) and the leisure activities they wish to pursue in their adult lives.
  
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  recognise the differences between jobs and to reflect upon our personal priorities.
  
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  identify a variety of jobs and work styles.
  
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  identify the different elements of the job, e.g. job description, income, education and experience and working hours.
  
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  explore the relationships between their dream lifestyle choices and incomes. They discuss the concepts of budgeting: gross monthly income, net income and basic deductions and calculate which accommodation, transport and other items are appropriate to monthly income.
  

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  Peer relationships
  
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  Friendship
  
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  Bullying
  
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  Emotions and Feelings
  

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  understand the effect bullying can have on people’s lives
  
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  understand that bullying can take many forms and can involve different people.
  
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  reflect critically on their own and others’ values.
  
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  reflect on personal strengths, achievements and areas for development.
  
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  recognise how others see them and give and receive feedback.
  
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  identify and use strategies for setting and meeting personal targets in order to increase motivation.
  
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  reflect on feelings and identify positive ways of understanding, managing and expressing strong emotions and challenging behaviour.
  
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  develop self-awareness by reflecting critically on their behaviour and its impact on others.
  
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  appreciate that, in our communities, there are similarities as well as differences between people of different race, religion, culture, ability or disability, gender, age or sexual orientation.
  

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  Find out when the CPHEE days are (we have 5 over the year).
  

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  Ensure your child attends all CPHEE days.
  

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  Encourage your student to discuss the structure of the day with their tutor if they are unclear.
  

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  Look at the website for up to date information on CPHEE days.
  

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  Encourage a discussion about the learning that has taken place on the CPHEE day.
  

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  Discuss recent events in the news that link into the themes expressed on the CPHEE days.
  

Relate to the real life experience provided by CPHEE day and outline their importance for life beyond Gillotts.